A Case of Nodular Chest Shadows

Authors

  • Pijush Kanti Mandal Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, ESI Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Maniktala, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Arpan Kumar Dey Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal
  • Subhraprakash Pramanik Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal
  • Somenath Dasgupta Professor, Department of General Medicine, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal
  • Tanmoy W Momin Post-graduate Trainee, Department of General Medicine, Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i2.8473

Keywords:

Cough, Heamoptysis, Nodular shadows, PTB

Abstract

Pulmonary Tuberculosis is still very common in India as well as in other developing countries. The lesions are usually woolly, ill-defined opacities and may be associated with cavities. Multiple nodular discrete bilateral opacities affecting the lungs from base to apex, more in the lower zones is unusual in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. We report a case of a 55 year old male with bilateral multiple nodular opacities of varying sizes as evident on chest radiography presented with dry cough and one episode of haemoptysis, which initially raised a possibility of lung metastasis. CT guided FNAB from left lung lesion showed chronic granulomatous lesion likely to be of Tubercular aetiology. Sputum for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) was negative but the culture for AFB was positive and the patient responded to treatment with Antituberculardrugs (ATDs).

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i2.8297  

Asian Journal of Medical Science, Volume-5(2) 2014: 130-133

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Published

2013-12-11

How to Cite

Mandal, P. K., Dey, A. K., Pramanik, S., Dasgupta, S., & Momin, T. W. (2013). A Case of Nodular Chest Shadows. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 5(2), 134–136. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i2.8473

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Case Reports

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